The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-12
The New Cumbsrlana Branch Railroad.

The Now Cumberland Branch Railroad.
To Tie Editor Of he n!sIItgtneer.
sIR:-Our people are much pleased with
tho wit OF the ofilcera Of the Panhandle
road and tho persona Of funds from Wheel.
ing, and neiBhboriug towns and county
Of our meeting Of tho other day. II 'we
have not expression Of sympathy In our
trouble for the want OF q railroad tho
other part Of tho soriptusal injunction hao
certainly been fulfilled as In the demon.
stration that thoy rejoice with US In our
In thes year Of 1862 wu had IN our town
railroad meeting, with delegates from
WellAville, Wheeling Wellaburg and
other points along thu eastern Bhose oil
tho Ohio river to dovias measures to
secure the location OF tho Cleveland 4
Pittsburgh road from the first named
point to your city upon the Virginia do.
Among these present well remember
| PreBidents Farmer and Prentice, OF the
Cleveland x Pittnburgh road, Z.Chariah
Jacob, Daniel Ellington. from Wheeling,
Adam Kuhn and Isaiah Stein, Of Welt
burg, and among the other prominent
citizens OF the Panhandle. The route
proposed waH to creas the river at Baker's
Island with connection ut Wheeling with
the Baltimore 4 Ohio road. Aid was
solicited from the several counties and
Hancock wan asked 10 subscribe $50, 1000
OF the stock, but at the election in 1858 the
project 30 far as Hancock WED concerned
was 80 badly defeated that the County
Court did not think 1t necessary 10 plnce
upon the records the meagre vote In its
favor. This result was about tho same IN
Brooke county and some antsgoniatlc in
tcresta In your city all determined the
builders Of that road to locate upon the
Ohio side. We failed 10 float upon the
tide, and our Ohio friends resped tho ad-
yanlages OF such thoroughtare along this
shore ss 10 evident to-day by the thriving
towns along thiu route and the immenee
local trade that has grown up to give en-.
ployment 10 labor nRd capital along the
line. To eome extent We have aharod In
their prosperity, and now when we have
the benefit Of 20 parallel road sc hope still
to have with them the mos. kindly bus:.
ness and patsrns! .elstions, and we thank
them for their presence with ua at our
jubilation.
| l waa prompted to wriLo this article to
correct a Mathematical error Of one oil
your excellent reporters. His information
Is about correct that tho output OF all Cur
works 10 10000 bricks per day, but the
yearly manufacture would be $4,000 900
inetead OF 100000. THU demonstrated
that d cipher counts when put in the right
place. .-,, s.
], The meeting Of bankers at Pittsburgh a
few months elnce, Showed como inC1edu.
: lily over abatement made by Jusdo Ag.
new in his speech OF welcome, that the
tonnage required to run two OF the rail
roads near tnat city equalled tho tonnage
needed 10 ship all the cotton crop OF the
United States. But figures demonstrated
the correctness OF the judges statement.
} And 90 ] presume might be anbject to
, like doubt when / say that the tonnage
required to move the clay manufactures oil
little Hancock county for the year 1885
will exceed that needed 10 move the Guga,
and mo!aeses crop Of Louisiana.
To carry 10 the market the sugar crop
Of that Stats, the capitalists OF New Or.
leans, In order TO maiatain the up.emscy
Of that city in tho commercial world 90
| the emporium OF the sugar trade, have
built moro than 200 mica OF railroad,
while but ten miles ia required to aeon,
nodata us. '..,r4
Should tho cities in this country come
to think it desirab!e to pave their streets
50 you are doing, VIC must increase our
buainess iourlo!d within the next five
years, but this we can do to almoat lny
extent, and hayo enough OF the rss ma.
terial, OF easy accsss, to last icr the next
, two hundred years. So send on your or.
ders. j. Il. ATKINSON.
NeW Cumberland, Dec 10. 559,l7